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Feb. 20th, 2019 10:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amazonvToday was very frustrating
There was a winter storm warning.
I tried to leave the house around 10 am
I should have arrived before 11 am at the application support center, however, due to weather I got there a bit after 11.
On arrival, the door declared no cameras, no cellphones, no recording devices, no food, no drinks, etc.
I entered, and really had to pee, so I looked around for the bathrooms.
the room was laid out with a guard station by the front door, with lots of clipboards.
There was one waiting area behind the clipboards
there was a long line at the receptionist
there was another waiting area in front of the receptionist.
the bathrooms were past the area in front of the receptionist.
I headed to the bathrooms and was stopped and questioned by the guard, which was weird, i explained i needed to pee and then was let go to the bathrooms.
I then returned to the clipboard area, the guard was now there.
She asked when my appointment was. I said I was a walk in.
She said they do not do walk-ins.
I explained that per the website (pulled out printout) between 11-2 they did.
She grunted and I asked if I should fill out a clipboard paper and she said no.
she said she would let me know when to go to the receptionist.
I was still unsure of what was going on, no one was very helpful, nothing was well labeled.
After watching people get yelled at for about 2 hours, I think I figured it out. Would it not have been better to have signage explaining this and/or a person explaining this?
So you arrive, you must remove any head coverings or face coverings.
you then must take a clipboard and fill out the paper
then return the clipboard and keep the paper
if you make a mistake do NOT take another paper, cross off and continue. she got very upset about people taking more than one paper.
depending on your appointment time that group would be called to reception, then and only then do you line up at the reception desk. For example, the line when I arrived a little after 11 was the 11 am appointments.
After being processed by the receptionist you waited in the other waiting area to the front of reception, there was a number display there so I assume when your number came up you went somewhere (I didn't see far enough to see if there were rooms or cubbies or whatever.
By my rough count, there were over a hundred chairs in each waiting area and they were all full.
After waiting 2 hours they made an announcement, because of the weather all government offices were shutting down. Appointments would be rescheduled.
At this time I got to read small print which was taped to the top of the clipboard stack (which I was denied and told to sit down) which seemed to imply all UK and US visa applicants goto reception. I will have to point this out/lobby for it next time I try. Hopefully tomorrow.
What should have been a slightly less than hour drive home became around 2 hours. There were many accidents, plus poor visibility.
There was a winter storm warning.
I tried to leave the house around 10 am
I should have arrived before 11 am at the application support center, however, due to weather I got there a bit after 11.
On arrival, the door declared no cameras, no cellphones, no recording devices, no food, no drinks, etc.
I entered, and really had to pee, so I looked around for the bathrooms.
the room was laid out with a guard station by the front door, with lots of clipboards.
There was one waiting area behind the clipboards
there was a long line at the receptionist
there was another waiting area in front of the receptionist.
the bathrooms were past the area in front of the receptionist.
I headed to the bathrooms and was stopped and questioned by the guard, which was weird, i explained i needed to pee and then was let go to the bathrooms.
I then returned to the clipboard area, the guard was now there.
She asked when my appointment was. I said I was a walk in.
She said they do not do walk-ins.
I explained that per the website (pulled out printout) between 11-2 they did.
She grunted and I asked if I should fill out a clipboard paper and she said no.
she said she would let me know when to go to the receptionist.
I was still unsure of what was going on, no one was very helpful, nothing was well labeled.
After watching people get yelled at for about 2 hours, I think I figured it out. Would it not have been better to have signage explaining this and/or a person explaining this?
So you arrive, you must remove any head coverings or face coverings.
you then must take a clipboard and fill out the paper
then return the clipboard and keep the paper
if you make a mistake do NOT take another paper, cross off and continue. she got very upset about people taking more than one paper.
depending on your appointment time that group would be called to reception, then and only then do you line up at the reception desk. For example, the line when I arrived a little after 11 was the 11 am appointments.
After being processed by the receptionist you waited in the other waiting area to the front of reception, there was a number display there so I assume when your number came up you went somewhere (I didn't see far enough to see if there were rooms or cubbies or whatever.
By my rough count, there were over a hundred chairs in each waiting area and they were all full.
After waiting 2 hours they made an announcement, because of the weather all government offices were shutting down. Appointments would be rescheduled.
At this time I got to read small print which was taped to the top of the clipboard stack (which I was denied and told to sit down) which seemed to imply all UK and US visa applicants goto reception. I will have to point this out/lobby for it next time I try. Hopefully tomorrow.
What should have been a slightly less than hour drive home became around 2 hours. There were many accidents, plus poor visibility.
